One Portland educator has spent years consulting with Wabanaki experts to come up with a K-12 curriculum.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Lewiston seventh-grader youngest ever to win statewide creative writing contest
Lily Douglass was selected as the winner of The Telling Room’s annual contest for her short story titled “The Monster under the Bed.”
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Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Students, farmers to benefit from partnership that will bring state-grown broccoli into UMaine dining halls
The broccoli, grown at Circle B Farms in Caribou, will be served this fall.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Edward Little High School teacher to spend 3 weeks studying Arctic Circle
Erin Towns joins research team to study glacier dynamics in Greenland.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, New England, News, Schools and Education
Greely High School named best in Maine by U.S. News and World Report
The U.S. News list ranks more than 17,800 public high schools across the nation, including 113 in Maine.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Maine students to attend community college for free under new state program
High school graduates or those earning a GED diploma in 2020, 2021, 2022 or 2023 are eligible for the program.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education, Times Record
RSU 2 to pay former superintendent through end of the year and will have 3% budget increase
Richmond will pay $3,773,118 toward the school budget — an increase of 5.5%, a difference of $195,275 from last year.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Schools and Education
Student loans have delayed wealth-building for Gen Z and millennial borrowers, survey shows
Yet, a majority of U.S. adults with student loan debt say their degree has unlocked career and salary opportunities that wouldn’t otherwise be possible.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, Schools and Education
Mask mandates return to U.S. college campuses as COVID-19 cases rise
Mandates were shed widely in the wake of spring break as case numbers dropped following a winter surge fueled by the omicron variant, but several Northeast cities have seen a rise in recent weeks,
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Biden administration gives more borrowers a chance of student debt cancellation
Any month in which borrowers made payments will now count toward forgiveness, even if they were not enrolled in an income-driven plan.